ITEP Work in Action
Advocates and policymakers at the state and federal levels rely on ITEP’s analytic capabilities to inform their debates on proposed tax policy changes. In any given year, ITEP fields requests for analyses of policies in 25 or more states. ITEP also works with national partners to provide analyses of federal tax policy proposals. This section highlights reports that use ITEP analyses to make a compelling case for progressive tax reforms.
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ITEP Work in Action February 7, 2022 Wisconsin Budget Project: Tax Shift Would Hike Taxes for People with Low Incomes and Give a Big Tax Cut to the Top 1%
Last month, an influential group of lobbyists released a proposal to raise Wisconsin’s sales tax to 8%, making it the highest state sales tax in the country, and eliminate the state… -
ITEP Work in Action September 9, 2021 Wisconsin Budget Project: Wisconsin’s Billion-Dollar Tax Cut Leaves out a Huge Chunk of Households
Shutting low-income families out of the tax cut will further skew Wisconsin’s tax system, which already requires people with low incomes to pay a higher share of their incomes in… -
media mention February 14, 2019 Urban Milwaukee: Republicans Discover the Middle Class
An analysis of all the tax breaks in Wisconsin from 2011 through 2016 by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found the average tax reduction was $10,015 for the top 1 percent of taxpayers, and $1,806 for the next 4 percent of taxpayers versus $379 for the middle 20 percent of taxpayers and just $175 for the bottom 20 percent of taxpayers.
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ITEP Work in Action November 21, 2018 Wisconsin Budget Project: Wisconsin’s Tax System Requires the Least from Those Who Have the Most
Wisconsin residents with the lowest incomes pay about a third more of their income in state and local taxes than the wealthiest residents, according to new figures from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The poorest 20% of Wisconsin residents—a group with an average income of $14,700—pays 10.1 cents out of every $1 of their income in state and local taxes on average. In comparison, the richest residents of Wisconsin, who have an average income of $1.2 million, pay just 7.7 cents out of every $1 in income in state and local taxes.
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ITEP Work in Action December 20, 2017 Wisconsin Budget Project: Giving Young Immigrants a Pathway to Citizenship Would Boost Wisconsin’s Farm Economy
According to a new report from the Wisconsin Budget Project, passing the Dream Act and establishing a pathway to citizenship for immigrant youth would help Wisconsin farms and communities by:… -
ITEP Work in Action December 20, 2017 Wisconsin Budget Project: Dream Act Would Boost Wisconsin Economy and Tax Revenues: Revoking DACA Hurts Both
There are 10,000 young immigrants potentially eligible for DACA who call Wisconsin home. They currently contribute a total of $16 million to local and state taxes annually through sales and… -
ITEP Work in Action October 17, 2017 Wisconsin Budget Project: What the Trump Tax Plan Means for Wisconsin Taxpayers, in Six Charts
The tax plan being advanced by President Trump and Republican members of Congress would mostly benefit the extremely rich, despite initial claims by proponents that it would be targeted at members of the middle class…Using data from an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, we have prepared six charts that show how the Trump-GOP tax framework would affect Wisconsin taxpayers:
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ITEP Work in Action June 27, 2017 Wisconsin Budget Project: Missing Out: Recent Tax Cuts Slanted in Favor of those with Highest Incomes
Since 2011, Wisconsin state lawmakers have made it a high priority to cut taxes, particularly personal income and property taxes. The tax cuts they have passed have disproportionately gone to… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: A Flatter State Income Tax Would Take a Toll on Wisconsin
A proposal to change Wisconsin’s tax system could cut taxes for high earners, even though the well-off already pay a smaller share of their income in state taxes than lower-income… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Do All Taxpayers Get the Same Benefit from the Governor’s Income Tax Proposals?
In his State of the State address last week, Governor Walker talked about two tax cuts he plans to make using the state’s projected surplus: a $406 million cut in… -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Top 10 Reasons to Increase Tax Credits for Low-income Households
Top 10 Reasons to Increase Tax Credits for Low-income Households Read the full report -
ITEP Work in Action April 29, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Tax Shifts Would Cut Taxes for Richest, Raise Taxes on Others
Expanding the sales tax to pay for income and property tax cuts would harm taxpayers with low incomes – and give large tax cuts to the highest earners. A recent… -
ITEP Work in Action January 21, 2015 Wisconsin Budget Project: Low-income Taxpayers in Wisconsin Pay Much Higher Rate than the Richest
Wisconsin’s state and local tax system is tilted in favor of those with the highest incomes, according to a new report released today. Wisconsin taxpayers with low and middle incomes… -
ITEP Work in Action June 3, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: Recent Tax Cuts Deliver Little to People Who Earn the Least
Three major tax cut packages passed by the Wisconsin legislature in the last year have delivered relatively little benefit to the lowest earners, who are struggling to make ends meet.… -
ITEP Work in Action March 20, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: New Report Shows Major Corporations Based in Wisconsin Pay Little in State Income Tax
A number of large, profitable corporations in Wisconsin pay little or nothing in state corporate income tax, according to a new report. Loopholes, tax credits, and creating accounting keep… -
ITEP Work in Action February 28, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: New Study Finds Large Number of the Major, Profitable Corporations Pay Little in Corporate Taxes
Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 6:16 PM by Jon Peacock This week, on the same day that GOP legislators in Congress were unveiling a plan to sharply reduce federal income… -
ITEP Work in Action January 27, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: Top 5% of Wisconsin Residents Get 18% of Tax Cuts Proposed by the Governor
The distribution of the tax cuts proposed by the Governor isn’t our chief concern about how he would use the projected state surplus. We’re primarily concerned that Governor Walker’s plan… -
ITEP Work in Action January 3, 2014 Wisconsin Budget Project: Governor Walker’s Tax Shift Plan Would Raise Taxes for Most
Governor Walker has said he is interested in eliminating the state’s income tax and raising the sales tax to make up for lost revenue, a move that would result… -
ITEP Work in Action May 16, 2013 Wisconsin Budget Project: “Middle Class Tax Cut” Will Mostly Wind up in the Pockets of the Highest Earners
Governor Walker has proposed an income tax cut that would benefit the highest earners the most, and would result in insignificant tax cuts for low-income Wisconsinites. Read the Full Report -
ITEP Work in Action January 14, 2013 Wisconsin Budget Project: Taxation of Capital Gains Income
Wisconsin is one of nine states that provide a broad tax break for capital gains. That tax exclusion has become a key budget issue after the state Senate voted on…